1. Hamburg Central School District
Rti
Response to intervention
&
Sst
Student support team
September 13, 2016

2. What does RtI mean?
Under section of IDEA states that the school district:
(i) may use a process that determines if the student responds to scientific, researched-based intervention as part of the evaluation procedures.

3. What does RtI *really* mean?
Meet the needs of all students in class
Interventions are sometimes needed for students to grasp new material/achieve grade level standards
Our job is to find out what works and what doesn’t - using evidence based interventions (with documentation)
The goal is NOT to create extra work for staff, but increase the student success

4. Where does RtI begin?
As teachers notice a student struggling and/or underachieving in comparison to their peers
Interventions for individual students
Prevent failure
Proactive

5. How do I do this?
Choose a Tier 1 intervention (that you’re probably doing already)
Figure out:
1. Clearly defined problem stated in specific, observable,
measureable terms
2. Gather baseline data
3. Determine goal
4. Plan for check-ins
Document how the student responds
Working? Great! Student is achieving at grade level
Not working 
Contact home
Begin SST referral process after 4 weeks

6. Tier 1 Sample interventions:
Simplify directions - Help student begin assignments
Change seat - Teach note taking strategy
Organize materials - Assign a classroom job
For example: Sally always loses her work, doesn’t turn in assignments, has 1 giant pile of papers, and can never find anything.
Start an intervention!
Goal: Sally is able to locate packet
used in class everyday
Intervention:
Organize materials daily

7. RtI Process Aware of struggling student Tier 1 intervention
Contact home
No progress… Refer to SST
- All forms on web
Under Counseling Center/
Student Support Team
- Give to Gigi Rush
5. Hold SST meeting

8. SST Meeting
Share feedback from all teachers
Review results of intervention(s)
Team creates a plan by brainstorming/reviewing resources at the meeting for student success using Tier 2 interventions
Staff tracks intervention for 6 weeks, brings data back to SST meeting to review and determine next step
If unsuccessful  attempt another new strategy
If continues to be unsuccessful RTI data may be used to refer to CSE to determine classification or IEP needs
Evaluation for CSE cannot begin until 3 separate interventions have been proven (with data/documentation) to be unsuccessful.